Biosorption of methylene blue onto spent corncob substrate: Kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2775-2780

  Zhou, Qi ^a   Gong, W Q ^a   Li, Y B ^a   Chen, S H ^a   Yang, D J ^b   Bai, C P ^a   Liu, X F ^a   Xu, N ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Isotherms thermodynamics; Kinetics; Methylene blue; Spent corncob substrate

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION TIME; BATCH ADSORPTION; BIOSORBENTS; DYE POLLUTANTS; ENDOTHERMIC PROCESS; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION CAPACITY; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; METHYLENE BLUE; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; SOLUTION PH; SPENT CORNCOB SUBSTRATE; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES; WHITE ROT FUNGI;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOSORPTION; CULTIVATION; DYES; ISOTHERMS; WASTEWATER;

KINETICS;

ABSORBENT; METHYLENE BLUE; SPENT CORNCOB SUBSTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP RESIDUE; CULTIVATION; DYE; ENDOTHERMY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; ISOTHERM; MAIZE; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SORPTION; SUBSTRATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; PH; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METHYLENE BLUE; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZEA MAYS;

FUNGI; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS;

EID: 79959732330     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.542     Document Type: Article

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